104 FIFTY-FOURTH oonennss. snss. 1. Ch.140. isms. required by section three of said Act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, shall ascertain whether the expenditures under the appropriation hereby made are in accordance with the provisions of the said Act, and shall make report thereon to Congress ; and the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to employ such assistants, clerks, and other persons as he may deem necessary, and to incur such other expenses for office tlxtures and supplies, stationery, traveling, E¤r•>ri¤¤¤¤¢ S¤·¤¤¤ freight, and express charges, illustration and publication of the Exper- R°°°"i’ °°°‘ iment Station Record, bulletins, and reports, as he may find essential in carrying out the objects of the above Acts, and the sums apportioned to the several States shall be paid quarterlyin advance. And the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to furnish to such institutions mae: or ugrmim. or individuals as may care to buy it, copies of the card index of agri-
- •l“*·°”‘“’°· cultural literature prepared by the office of experiment stations, and
· charge for the same a price covering the additional expense involved in the preparation of these copies, and he is hereby authorized to apply the moneys received toward the expense of the preparation of the index. ,;i¤¤K*¤¤ "**°‘ mt GL:0LoG10AL SURVEY: To enable the Director of the United States PGeological Survey to continue gauging the streams and determining the water supply of the United States, including the investigation of under round currents and artesian wells in arid and semiarid sections to J urge thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, four thousand five hundred dollars, to be immediately available; Sc F<¤¤¤—¤e¤¤i¤·>¤ i¤- NUTm•r10N INVESTIGATIONSZ oenab et e cretary of Agriculture "°°°°°°' to investigate and report upon the nutritive value of the various articles and commodities used for human food, with special suggestions of full, wholesome, and edible rations less wasteful and more economical than those in common use, iiiteen thousand dollars; and the agricultural experiment stations are hereby authorized to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture in carrying out said investigations in such manner and to such extent as may be warranted by a due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the res ective States and Territories and as may be mutually agreed upon;Pand the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to require said stations to report to him the results of any such investigations which they may carry out, whether in cooperation with said Secretary of Agriculture or otherwise. dR¤~1-¤¤¤ki¤s i¤·1¤i- PUBLIC-ROAD INQU1RiEs: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to "` make inquiries in regard to the system of road management throughout the United States; to make investigations in regard to the best methods of road making, and the best kinds of road-making materials in the several States; for labor, traveling, and other necessary expenses, and for preparing and publishing bulletins and reports on this subject for distribution, and to enable him to assist the agricultural colleges and efperimting spitions in disseminating information on this subject, eight t nousane m dollars. Libmry. LIBRARY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE: Purchase of necessary books, periodicals, and papers, and for expenses incurred in completing imperfect series, and for library iixtures, shelving,postage,library cards and other material, seven thousand dollars. ’ u£p*i¤i¤¤¤¤`1’¤¤b¤i¤e· PUBLICATIONS, DEPARTMENT OF AGR1CULTURE,D1v1s1oN on Pun. ` LrcATr0r{s: For the preparation, printing, illustration, publication, and distribution of bulletins and reports, seventy thousand dollars as fol- F**"“°"` ‘*¤“¤°i¤¤· lows; Farmers’ bulletins, which shall be adapted to the interests of the people of different sections of the country, an equal proportion of twothirds of which shall be supplied to Senators, Representatives, and _ Delegates in Congress for distribution among their constituents, fifty g;;{;;g{m0DY cm thousand dollars: Prorided, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall §;3i){uS5;gS>r1sl3r;lCl1lei;1Lesentz;31_y*es_of tpihchgracteg and mumber of · . o er u ica ion o e e ar mento Acri - ture (not sent to the folding poems of the Senate xB1d House) tocwldldli each Senator and Representative may be entitled for distribution on the basis herein provided; for the distribution of bulletins, illustrations. and engravings ; for the pay of Hl'tlSl§S, drattsmen, engravers, and additional
